Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$395,000.00
Mar 6, 2024
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Agreement for Mobile Tools for Avalanche Impact Reduction
164914
To acquire install and deploy technologies for managing traffic and transportation
$353,558.00
Dec 7, 2022
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Effective AvSAR Skills Training (EAST)
22743
This project seeks to create a more robust training progression in avalanche search and rescue (AvSAR) with the development of a fundamental course and revision of a more advanced course. This standardized training program will better meet the needs of professional and volunteer search and rescue (SAR) practitioners in both Official Languages by helping to build instructor capacity in regions where currently there are challenges to serve dedicated SAR teams and other avalanche practitioners in need of AvSAR training.
$1,434,800.00
Apr 28, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Mobile Avalanche Information Exchange - MAInEx
21436
This project operated a data exchange service for professional avalanche operations in Canada since 1991. InfoEx is the world’s largest daily exchange of avalanche-related data and the starting point for nearly all AvSAR decisions in Canada. This data is submitted by hundreds of avalanche professionals from around 140 agencies.
$1,749,800.00
Apr 27, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Mobile Avalanche Information Exchange - MAInEx
21436
MAInEx project aims to take the InfoEx concept (an open exchange of professional level data) to the next level of interoperability. Navigating avalanche terrain safely requires access to the best data possible. Effective AvSAR responses require good planning and informed risk management decisions made in the field. These decisions are based on the data at hand and MAInEx will ensure the most current and accurate data is made available to SAR teams. These relevant and complete real-time condition assessments will be available to SAR groups to enable them to take appropriate action to ensure the safety of responders.
$1,399,800.00
Apr 27, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Mobile Avalanche Information Exchange - MAInEx
21436
The CAA has operated a data exchange service for professional avalanche operations in Canada since 1991. InfoEx is the world’s largest daily exchange of avalanche-related data and the starting point for nearly all AvSAR decisions in Canada. This data is submitted by hundreds of avalanche professionals from around 140 agencies. Accessing the information supplied by InfoEx is the crucial first step for all AvSAR callouts. However, technical limitations threaten its core purposes as the foundation of AvSAR decision making. The MAInEx project will take the InfoEx concept—an open exchange of professional-level data—to the next level of interoperability. This new approach promises to benefit a wide variety of applications: AvSAR Decision Support Avalanche conditions can change rapidly. Navigating avalanche terrain safely requires access to the best data possible.
$458,544.76
Apr 1, 2017
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Competency Aligned Avalanche Risk Assessment Training and Variable Capacity Recommendations (CAARAT+VCR)
18903
The main portion of this project (CAARAT) seeks to update and align CAA industry training program curriculum that has not yet been brought into alignment with the competency profiles. The secondary portion of this project (VCR) seeks to survey and convene a range of SAR leaders with varied capacity who may not be able to access the benefits of CAA training described in CAARAT.
$489,533.00
Apr 1, 2017
Competency Aligned Avalanche Risk Assessment Training and Variable Capacity Recommendations